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NGINX und NGINX Plus: Mehrere Schwachstellen

WID-SEC-2026-0860 · first 25.03.2026 · updated 17.09.2026 · CVSS 8,2

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What it is about

NGINX Plus ist die kommerzielle Variante von NGINX, einer Webserver-, Reverse Proxy- und E-Mail Proxy Software. NGINX ist eine Webserver-, Reverse Proxy- und E-Mail-Proxy Software. Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in NGINX Plus und NGINX ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, um Daten zu manipulieren, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, und potenziell um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen.

Under what conditions?

The BSI does not name any particular preconditions. Exploitable remotely according to the BSI.

What can happen in the worst case

An attacker could use the vulnerability to

  • einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen
  • Daten zu manipulieren
  • Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen
  • potenziell um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen

Am I affected?

Affected according to the BSI:

  • Debian Linux
  • Amazon Linux 2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Fedora Linux
  • Ubuntu Linux
  • SUSE Linux
  • Oracle Linux
  • SUSE openSUSE
  • RESF Rocky Linux
  • Gentoo Linux
  • NGINX NGINX Plus <R36 P3
  • NGINX NGINX Plus <R35 P2

and 3 more

The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.

What helps?

Update to at least:

  • NGINX NGINX Plus R36 P3
  • NGINX NGINX Plus R35 P2
  • NGINX NGINX Plus R32 P5
  • NGINX NGINX 1.29.7
  • NGINX NGINX 1.28.3

Is the vulnerability already being exploited?

None of the CVEs is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities. That does not mean there are no attacks, only that none are documented.

Information and sources

and 50 more sources in the original advisory

CVE: CVE-2026-27651, CVE-2026-27654, CVE-2026-27784, CVE-2026-32647, CVE-2026-28755, CVE-2026-28753

Source: BSI warning and information service (CERT-Bund); CISA. The assessment of the conditions is my reading of the BSI text; the external pages are in their original language.

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